Taxodium sp.

Taxodiumis a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family. Taxodium species grow pneumatophores, or cypress roots, when growing in or beside water; these are woody projections which rise above the water and are said to help carry oxygen to the root systems.

Similar plants:

• Taxodium distichum (Bald cypress, Swamp cypress)
• Taxodium mucronatum, Taxodium mexicanum, Cuprespinnata mexicana (Montezuma Baldcypress, Mexican Cypress, Tree of Tule)